Discolored Water Alert

Village employees will be flushing fire hydrants throughout the village Monday–Friday, Nov. 5–9.We will begin on Allen Street and work northward.

Flushing will be done during the day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents can expect their water to be discolored during that period and should use caution in laundering. Despite any change in color, the water will remain safe for drinking.

Groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds from operations at the former Vernay Laboratories production facilities on Dayton Street has spread eastward across Wright Street and Suncrest Drive. Soil contamination at the site is concentrated in an area near the two former plants, where chlorinated solvents used to degrease metal parts were disposed, and at the front of a property, where a common pesticide was used. SG-15D is the soil gas well whose fall 2016 high test results were alarming to the oversight firm EHS. (Map generated using data and maps from Vernay and EHS Technology Group)